Music - What Floats Your Boat?
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This one I've recently found but really like it.
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That’s rather good, Nellie 👍 I happened upon the same tune, by Dave Gilmour. I don’t know what it is with DG, but somehow he only has to lay his hands on a guitar, and magic happens, for me. I’d post a link, but YT seems to be acting up, but do search it out.
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As already stated, I’m not keen on Jazz, however...
I watched a movie a good few years ago, ‘Corrina, Corrina’ with Ray Liotta and Whoopi Goldberg. One song that was featured was this, ‘You Go To My Head’, by Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson. So ‘cool’/laid back...
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We went to see the MJQ (Modern Jazz Quartet for those that don't know them) at the Nottingham Albert Hall in the late 1960s. We still have two vinyl LPs that I have now digitised, 'Fontesa' released in 1956 and 'MJQ plays Gershwin's Porgy and Bess' released in 1965. We still listen to them from time to time. Their music doesn't date as far as we are concerned. Nice background evening sound.
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Just found this one, which really must be listened to all the way through on headphones. Ask Me No Questions by Bridget St John
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bBwRaenQLGw
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John, if you get a chance listen to their "Collaboration" album with Laurindo Almeida
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I put this on here a few nights ago, sat and listened to it then wondered why it diidn't appear...I'd sat there listening to it and forgotten to send it!
Anyway it is, as it says Bill Evans "Peace Piece" and does have a restful quality to it. I'm a fan of his piano work.
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Most musicians have had a tough time of it this year because of the restrictions making live performances really difficult. Amateur groups have not been able to meet and many gave missed meeting together regularly to make music. Even being unable to meet in person has not stopped music altogether and some of us have found ways of still being able to perform.... These are a couple of our efforts for 2020 by one of my choirs...
Everyone recorded their own voices at home, mainly on their mobile phones and I managed to stitch all the parts together..... we did our best in difficult times
Hoping that we will soon be able to perform together in person....
David
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I always used to enjoy playing the first of Debussy's Arabesques..... Haven't played it for a while.... really must get it out and see if I can still manage it....
David
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....these days I often enjoy listening to the music of Eric Coates. All very predictable and safe but very easy to listen to.... nostalgic too... 🙂
.....everyone will know his Dambusters March, but I quite like his 'Three Elizabeths Suite', 'Rhodesia' or even the music they used to open up ATV in the early days.... the 'Sound and Vision - ATV March'.... all very tuneful....
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_myifLZ1vd2J1oBamU6llLzujjzBrSQtuo
David
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Thank you David, our daughter is a part time musician and the Debussy was her piano piece for her Scottish higher music exam. She plays the fiddle now as well. Her partner is a trumpet player by profession and it has been very difficult for him through Covid, so I echo all your sentiments.
As for Eric Coates and that era of music I have a nice CD called "Busy doing Nothing." Which has many familiar sounds on it.
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Glad to hear of the family music link Brue. Fingers crossed that we can get back to some element of normality soon. At least I have still been playing at church to help create an impression of normality even though no-one is allowed to sing.
David
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They managed one event just before the first lockdown. This makes me smile, part of a warm up band for the Wurzels...so they had a photo taken.
David. Good to hear you have managed to keep the music going, one way or another.
It's nice to have a music thread Freddy.
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A funny thing..
A good few years ago, I paid around £100 (plus costs)to see Muse, at Wembley. They were alright. Not long after, I paid around £10 to see the Wurzels in a local pub car park. £10 well spent, they were brilliant and I thoroughly enjoyed the event 👍
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Try to find and listen to the Tomita version of this and other Debussy pieces. The tune will be the same but the sound creating it will be different. Tomita was a genius at this. There are many classical pieces where I much prefer the Tomita version, The Planets being a very good example. Another is the Grand Canyon Suite by Groffe. Listen to Cloudburst in a darkened room with good speakers a few feet apart and imagine being in the storm. The stereo effect is stunning.
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It’s not very often I wind up the gramophone these days, so I thought I’d treat myself...
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‘Cloudburst’ rang a bell, so I looked it up. Sure enough, it was something I’d heard a good few years ago. The version I heard was by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, conducted by Erich Kunzel, on the Telarc label. My understanding is that they actually digitally recorded a thunderstorm. Most, if not all recordings on the Telarc label come with a warning, advising the listener to not have the volume set too high, such is the dynamic range of these recordings. I have a couple of discs, ‘Time Warp’ and ‘Star Tracks’, both of which feature tunes from Sci-Fi movies. There’s also a recording of the 1812 Overture, where they used real canons, quite impressive!
I’ll check out Tomita 👍
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I’ve long been a fan of The Moody Blues. I’m sure most will be familiar with ‘Nights In White Satin’, but this is what I consider to be the ‘proper’ version, taken from their album, ‘Days Of Future Passed’. The whole album is littered with what I consider to be wonderful orchestral arrangements...
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Was talking to our daughter, who's a really keen concert attendee, and she recommended the new Kings of Leon album, and said that I should also listen to The Rag and Bone Man. Listened to the latter last night and although it sounded a mixture of blues, jazz and a bit of rap I couldn't get into his style.
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